Oct 9, 2014 | India, News, South & Central Asia, Southeast Asia
MUMBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) Temasek Holdings has agreed to invest 5 billion rupees ($82 million) to buy a stake in Devyani International, operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee chains in India, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The sources said...
Sep 22, 2014 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch Is Yahoo working on its own online document creation and collaboration software? That’s the question which immediately comes to mind upon hearing news that the company has now picked up a Bangalore-based startup called Bookpad, makers of Docspad, a service...
Aug 26, 2014 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Economic Times NEW DELHI: Warburg Pincus is set to invest $200 million in Kalyan Jewellers for a minority stake in Kalyan Jewellers as the appetite for retail gold jewellery franchisee among private equity investors remains undiminished despite regulatory controls and...
Aug 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, India, News, South & Central Asia
Zomato, the restaurant search and discovery service that’s raised a whopping $55 million in VC, is making good on its promise to continue expanding to more countries beyond its origins in India. The 2008-founded company — which counts Yelp, IAC-owned Urbanspoon,...
Aug 21, 2014 | India, News, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI: Promoters of Laila Nutraceuticals, an export-oriented business unit of the Andhra-based Laila Group, is in talks with global PE funds to raise around $40 million, two people with direct knowledge of the development said. The company that’s being valued...
Aug 7, 2014 | News, South & Central Asia, Western Europe
TechCrunch Rocket Internet and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), a telecom operator, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to develop online and mobile payment products. PLDT will invest €333 million (about $445 million)...
